Route du Rhum - For Cammas less pressure than last time

11:06 PM Fri 29 Oct 2010 GMT

'Groupama - La Route du Rhum 2010' Yvan Zedda &copy

Route du Rhum - Cammas needs optimum conditions, but thinks winning is possible on Groupama 3. Holder of the Jules Verne Trophy, Franck Cammas on his Groupama 3 will start Sunday solo on his multihull which was designed for crewed sailing. Bearing in mind the precedent set by the redoubtable Eric Tabarly winning the OSTAR in 1976 on Pen Duick VI, Cammas knows that the project is not only do-able, but it is certainly possible to win. Groupama sits apart from her rivals, for the boat is too wide to pass through the locks to the Vauban basin and so ...

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